Dr. Harshvardhan

Professor

E-mail: harshvar@purdue.edu

Curriculum Vitae <pdf>

Education

Ph.D.- State University of NY, Stony Brook.

Research Interests

Radiative Transfer, Clouds and Aerosol, Remote Sensing, Climate

Teaching Interests

Atmospheric Physics, Atmospheric Radiation, Climate Forcing, Introduction to Atmospheric Science

EAS 197 Freshman Honors - Special Assignment

EAS 532 Atms Physics I

EAS 630 Atms Remote Sensing

Awards and Honors

  • 1999 Fellow, American Meteorological Society.

  • 1993 Henry G. Houghton Award, American Meteorological Society.

  • 1977 National Research Council Resident Research Associate

Professional Experience

  • 1996-2004 Head, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1994-2004 Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1988-1994 Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1978-1988 University Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

  • 1977-1978 Resident Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

Selected Publications <More>

  • Wilcox, E.M, Harshvardhan, and Platnick, S., 2009: An estimate of the impact of absorbing aerosol over cloud on the MODIS retrievals of cloud optical thickness and effective radius using two independent retrievals of liquid water path. J. Geophys. Res.,114, doi:10.1029/2008JD010589 (in press).

  • Harshvardhan, Zhao, G., Di Girolamo, L., and Green, R.N., 2009. Satellite-observed location of stratocumulus cloudtop heights in the presence of strong inversions. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 47, doi: 10.1109/ TGRS. 2008.2005406 (in press).

  • Bennartz, R. and Harshvardhan, 2007. Correction to ‘Global assessment of marine boundary layer cloud droplet number concentration from satellite’ by R. Bennartz. J. Geophys. Res.,. 112, D16302, doi:10.1029/2007JD008841.